On March 15. 1983. the KGB arrested Yuri Tarnopolsky of Kharkov. U.S.S.R. and charged him with article 70. "antiSoviet agitation and propaganda with the intent to defame the Soviet State." The charge against him carries a maximum sentence of 7 years in prison and 5 years in exile. a total of 12 years imprisonment. Tarnopolsky. an outspoken critic of the harsh Soviet policies on emigration restrictions. has been under surveillance since his colleague. Aleksandr Paritsky. was arrested in September of Tarnopolsky. a 47yearold organic chemist. his wife Olga. and their 12yearold daughter Irene. applied to emigrate to Israel in 1976. He promptly lost his job. which is common practice. After their most recent refusal in September. an OVIR official told them that in view of the state. they had "no reason for leaving the
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